金门公园Hardly Strictly Bluegrass进入周六场：六个舞台免费演出贯穿周末
10月3日（周六），旧金山金门公园迎来 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 音乐节人流最密集的一天。这届音乐节从10月2日持续到10月4日，全程免费，71场演出分布在六个舞台；周六场演出时间为上午11时至晚上19时，旧金山市交通局（SFMTA）提前向出租车司机和公众发出提示：三天活动期间公园周边将有大量人流。
音乐节场地集中在金门公园西部的 Hellman Hollow、Lindley Meadow 和 Marx Meadow 一带，六个舞台分别名为 Banjo、Swan、Towers of Gold、Rooster、Arrow 和 Horseshoe Hill，演出同时提供网络直播。尽管名字里有"蓝草"，节目单早已超出蓝草范畴，涵盖乡村、灵魂乐、民谣、摇滚等多种美国根源音乐风格，这也是它二十多年来越办越大的原因。
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 由已故风险投资人沃伦·赫尔曼（Warren Hellman）于2001年创办并出资设立基金，使这场大型音乐节得以长期保持免费、不设商业冠名。它被视为旧金山秋季的标志性公共文化活动，每年吸引数以十万计的人次进入金门公园。对湾区居民来说，这既是一个听音乐的周末，也是一次城市公共空间的全民聚会。
资料来源：SFMTA 活动交通提示；Funcheap 音乐节指南。
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fills Golden Gate Park on Saturday With Free Sets Across Six Stages
Golden Gate Park hosted the busiest day of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass on Saturday, October 3, as the free festival's October 2-4 run brought 71 sets to six stages. Saturday's performances ran from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency advised taxi drivers to expect large crowds and heavy demand for trips to and from the park on all three days.
The festival grounds span Hellman Hollow, Lindley Meadow and Marx Meadow in the western half of the park, with six stages — Banjo, Swan, Towers of Gold, Rooster, Arrow and Horseshoe Hill — also carried on a live webcast. Despite the name, the lineup ranges well beyond bluegrass into country, soul, folk and rock, a breadth that has made the event one of the largest free music festivals in the United States.
Founded and endowed by the late venture capitalist Warren Hellman in 2001, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass remains free and non-commercial, drawing hundreds of thousands of attendees across the weekend. For Bay Area residents it is a fixture of the fall calendar.
Source: SFMTA event advisory; Funcheap festival guide.
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